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TIL 4th Graders (& Their Families) in the U.S. Can Visit National Parks for Free

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8eMLb TIL about an expensive brothel in Paris called One-Two-Two with a pirate themed room that was fitted with a bed which mechanically swing like a boat with jets of water drenching the occupants mimicking sex in a leaky boat.
kXDE TIL Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County Coloroado. The incumbent sheriff had a crew cut, prompting Thompson to shave his head bald and refer to his opposition as “my long-haired opponent.”
8NP4 TIL that in 1932 the Austrian town of Wörgl issued its own currency with a tax for holding it, in order to spur the use of currency. The town defied the Great Depression, and public works and employment continued as normal.
b7k4 TIL there’s a new type of cement that not only takes 80 to 90% less energy to produce but also cheaper and stronger than normal cement
O5Jg TIL Timothy Cole, while always maintaining his innocence despite an offer for a shorter sentence, died 14 years into a 25 year sentence for a rape DNA tests later showed he did not commit